Pediatrics

The 2024 presidential election will have enormous consequences for the climate, and the health and future of children

Wegovy and similar weight-loss medications are becoming widely prescribed for teenagers with obesity, but little is known about their long-term effects

Pediatric long COVID is more common than many thought, and we keep letting kids be reinfected with new variants

Clean indoor air protects against diseases such as COVID and flu, but we’re not doing enough to ensure it

Prevention is key to health and wellness. Don’t wait too late to have these simple, essential medical devices on hand

Misconceptions that eating disorders mostly afflict white, affluent, young females have led to disparities in the treatment of these deadly diseases

A politicized review into transgender medicine in the National Health Service has upended lives in the U.K.—and threatens to spread harm across the globe

Florida state surgeon general Joseph Ladapo’s rejection of evidence-based policy stems from political rather than scientific motivations and puts innocent people at risk

Despite some lawmakers’ claims, “cure-based recovery” for gay and transgender people comprises one of psychiatry’s longest and darkest chapters. We shouldn’t inflict it on today’s kids

Researchers have a clearer picture than ever before of how common conditions that involve aggressive behavior emerge and how treatment can help

Infants born to people who had COVID while pregnant are at a higher risk of respiratory distress, but vaccination greatly lowers the risk

Separate outbreaks of pneumonia in children have cropped up in the U.S., China and Europe. Public health experts say the uptick in cases is not caused by a novel pathogen